Archives for May 2006

The European Court of Justice has backed a request by the European Parliament that the European Commission's decision to conclude an agreement with the United States for the transfer of Passenger Name Records (PNR) and an associated finding of adequacy in relation to the protection of data by third party countries under the EU data protection directive should be annulled. … [Read more...]

A lot going on with the ASA today - first the sex stuff ...The ASA has upheld complaints against Babestar.tv Live XXX (Look4Love TV) and referred Look4Love to Ofcom for non compliance with an ASA direction. The complaints relate to a TV ad for an explicit phone service advertised at 10pm on Look4Love TV, and unencrypted channel. The ASA dismissed the claim by the broadcaster … [Read more...]

The UK Information Tribunal has dismissed an appeal by the Scottish National Party (SNP) against an enforcement notice served on the party by the Information Commissioner in October 2005 for breaches of the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations 2003.The Tribunal recognised that the ICO had actively made clear to all parties that promotion of a political party is … [Read more...]

The Court of Appeal has ruled for high street phone seller, Phones4u, against phone4u.co.uk allowing, in part, its appeal against a High Court decision from March 2005 that dismissed claims of passing off and trade mark infringements. The Court of appeal upheld the decision in realtion to trade mark infringement but allowed the appeal in relation to passing off finding that the … [Read more...]